Patriot EP Pro 32 GB SDXC/SDHC Card Review

Testing:

SiSoft's Sandra 2012 features a specific benchmark for thumb-drives and other externally based flash media. Sandra 2012 writes files of varying sizes to the drive multiple times to measure performance, reminiscent of Flash Memory Toolkit's testing method. A sub-benchmark is also conducted that focuses more on sector use. Higher read and write speeds are better.

Removable Storage Benchmark:

Other than the 4KB write result (which is somewhat expected since the cluster size on the Patriot EP Pro is 16KB instead of the 4KB of the competitors) the EP Pro once again shows off with a bloodbath. The other cards don't even come close to the speed this card brings to the table. This lead is greatest with large file sizes, which lends to the idea of using this card for photography using RAW output from the camera as well as streaming HD video to it.